The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-01-14
ABOUT MILLlONAiRES.
a calculation as tor low Much a Man
Can spend in . sonth with


out Waste.
1t takes n good deal more money to
be a millionaire now than it used to do,
saws the writer of "Undertones" in The
San Francisco Chronicle. A man isn't
of much account rs a millionaire now
adays unless he has 500. 900, 900 or $50,
600, 900 The next generation will
have billionaircs, and in few years
more money will be so commonplace
that people will turn round on the
street and point out some seedy look
ing individual and say:
That Blank; he hasn't gotta cent"
You will observe that it is only poor
devils who can reason that way. When
a man gets money he doesn't reason.
He buys. The fact is, there is not so
much in this millionaire business as,
people think. 1 sat in front of John
Mackay at the theater the other night.
He didn't have us good Il seat rs had,
or as good company, even if he was
with a senator, and he couldn't get
any more out of the performances than
could. l am not so proud, however,
as to deny that he possesses several
collateral advantages over me and a
great many other people | know a
fellow who knows these millionaires.
/ don't know many myself. 1t is pain
full to know millionaire; it is painful
to meet man who carries enough
pocket money all the time to pay off
all your debts and set you up in bus;-
ness. saw man pick out $4,000 in
grecnbacks and crumple them up in
his hand while he felt fora Scent piece
to make small change. The sight was
sickening. Imentally counted it up in
columns of Undertoncs. and it made
me i'll.
AS / was saying, | knew fellow
who has acquaintance with these mill
ionaires His conversation soothed
and consoled me to some extent He
deprecated the possession of too much
money. So did /. He declared it did
not contribute to human happiness to
anything like the extent people imag-
ined. l agreed with him. He said,
indeed, that the men of moderate
means were the only contented men
the only men who enjoyed life. L
grasped his hand.
Yes" he said. those men all have
so much money that can not derive any
benefit from it. l dined," he went on,
..once with half dozen millionaires
at the restaurant--but that is no mat
ter. After dinner they began talking of
how much money Il man could eXpcnd in
having the most luxurious necessities
of life. not speaking, of course, OF pic
lures. or hobbies, or tastes that one
could live without. One OF them figured
it out. He had Il complete establish
ment in town, a wife and child He
had in the establishment everything
that was in the faintcst degree neces-
sary for perfect comfort He had thir-
teen servants, six carriages. six horses;
his wife was the most elegantly dressed
woman in town; his child had every
thing that money could buy. He had,
besides, place in the country, non
productive. in which he entertained fire.
qucntly, although not in the style of
such places as Belmont, He had twen-
ty.two employees on his country place;
he had sixty breeding and racing horses;
he had yacht which cost him about
So, 900 y month. and for all these-house
in town, place in country. his wife's
dresses, his household expenses he
could not without waste eXpend more
than $40. 900 month"; ,
Then l wept
But the popular idea on the subject
of pat establishments cost is very
vaSS6, and, as Il rule. entirely beyond
the mark. Several very rich men, who
stint themselves in nothing in their
houses, who entertain as much as taste
can possibly demand, who have every
comfort and every luxury. concur in the
statement that it is impossible to eXpend
on the running of u household more
than $4,000 II month. He can buy
pictures and keep adding expensive ar
ticles and all that sort of thing, but YOU
| can not find luxuriesand accessories that
cost beyond that amount of money un-
less you 90 in for wanton waste en-
cumbering rather than bringing any
return in comfort SO Nou see all YOU
want is Sl20,000 a year and the capital
and don't you wish yon may get it?
One millionaire here. who has Il most
noted establishment and maintains the
most luxurious style admitted that he
could not find anything he could make
any Use of in his household over So. 600 a
month. Perhaps that will suit you bet
ter. We have lower ard cheaper classes
of millionaire goods, madame We have
an article we can sell ut $1,000 a
month, and if that doesn't suit you we
can offer you mill onairc's establish
ment that cost $3.50 Il month You
wouldn't care to go lower, surely
A Gymnasium.